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<h1>Overview and checklist to create a report</h1>
<p>Reports display your business data; they are the focus and goal of business 
 intelligence. Reports allow you to gather business insight through data 
 analysis. The results displayed in any MicroStrategy report are often 
 a starting point for further investigation. </p>
<p>You can create grid reports (similar to a standard spreadsheet) and 
 graph reports (displaying data in common business graph styles) &nbsp;to 
 analyze data and provide other analysts with efficient ways to view information 
 specific to their purposes. You can also personalize reports by formatting 
 background colors, titles, and so on.</p>
<p>The report design process begins by answering the following basic questions:</p>
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<li class=p><p>What data do users need on the report?</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>How will this data be formatted to present the results 
 in a useful way?</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>How should the appropriate data be selected?</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Checklist to create a report</h2>
<p>Creating a report involves the following procedures:</p>
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<a href="Creating_a_new_report.htm">Creating a report</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Creating a filter. To determine what type of filter 
 to create, see the table in 
<a HREF="WhatAreFilters.htm">About filters</a>, 
 then click the links to see steps to create your filter.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Run_modes.htm">Determining the display mode 
 for a report</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Adding prompts to a report. To determine what type of 
 prompt to create, see the table in 
<a HREF="Creating_prompts.htm">About 
 prompts</a>, then click the links to see steps to create your prompt.</p></li>
</ul>
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<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Enable_drilling.htm">Enabling or restricting 
 drilling in a report</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Export_modes_reports.htm">Determining which 
 report export modes are available to users</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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